September 2024

Featured Winery:

Livewire Wines

“I just want to make good interesting booze”. says owner and winemaker Anthony Brain.
Livewire started off as a side project in 2012, without a physical venue. These days, it sits nestled in a shed next to Swan Bay’s Piknik.
One of their most recognisable drops is The Blood of Hipsters, a Shiraz which, as Brain so accurately describes it, is “just a very drinkable wine”. Other varieties include a savoury style sauvignon blanc and a lovely Grassy Point Chardonnay. In total, around 70 per cent of the wine production is Geelong based.
Though it does have that local element, putting a label on Livewire’s winemaking style has proved a difficulty.
While Livewire has produced a few natural wines, Brain definitely wouldn’t consider himself a natural winemaker as such. Nor would he consider himself a commercial winemaker for that matter either. His wine philosophy is one of “lo-fi, considered intervention,” with a strong belief that the quality of the wine all comes back to the farming.
“It’s not a criticism of other makers and producers, but a lot of them are very stuck in their winemaking styles,” he says.
“But the market has changed, the market is dynamic, people want to see different things, they want to taste different things”. (source Forte magazine)

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Tasting

Thursday 12th Sept

Join Gavin Lewinski from GL Wines, as he guides you through some of Anthony Brian's "very drinkable" wines

$33 per person, tasting 5 wines with 5 tapas.

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Live Music Every Sunday

Open from 3pm
Live music from 3:30pm every week featuring up and coming artists & some of our feature artists from the local region

 

Sept 15th - Wayne Heard

Sept 22nd - Rose Evans

Sept 29th - Jon Willard

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Christmas is coming!!!Functions, Platters and everything in between

Christmas is JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!!!

 

Did you know that the Covenant Wine Bar is available for private hire?

You can have anything from grazing tables, a sit down 7 course degustation menu to Sunday Roast style sharing menu or stand up canapés. Partnered with Ironbark Catering (the catering arm of the Driftwood Cafe) we can tailor a menu and event to suit your individual needs.

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Going out and need to take a platter with you? Let us do all the work for you. Our Cheese & Charchuterie boxes will do just the trick and available in a range of sizes to suit your needs and budget.